Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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Latest articles

    1. Neuroscience
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Nicotine-driven hyperactivation of larval locomotion

    Stephanie Dancausse, Jocelyn Robles ... Mason Klein
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Incomplete
    1. Neuroscience

    Brainwide dopamine dynamics across sleep-wake transitions

    Changwan Chen, Xun Tu ... Dana Darmohray
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
    • Incomplete
    1. Neuroscience

    Endogenous corazonin signaling modulates the post-mating switch in behavior and physiology in females of the brown planthopper and Drosophila

    Ning Zhang, Shao-Cong Su ... Shun-Fan Wu
    Endogenous corazonin signaling is a conserved female-driven regulator of the post-mating response in insects.
    1. Neuroscience

    Functional imaging of nine distinct neuronal populations under a miniscope in freely behaving animals

    Mary L Phillips, Nicolai T Urban ... Ryohei Yasuda
    Multiplexed spectral fingerprinting through a single implanted GRIN lens enables projection-resolved functional imaging of up to nine neuronal populations in freely behaving animals without post hoc histology.
    1. Ecology
    2. Neuroscience

    Drift in individual behavioral phenotype as a strategy for unpredictable worlds

    Ryan T Maloney, Athena Q Ye ... Benjamin L de Bivort
    Individual flies have idiosyncratic preferences that shift over their lifetime in a way that depends on genotype and may be adaptive to rapidly changing environmental pressures.
    1. Neuroscience

    Perceptual glimpses are locally accumulated and globally maintained at distinct processing levels

    Elisabeth Parés-Pujolràs, Anna C Geuzebroek ... Simon P Kelly
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Altered cognitive processes shape tactile perception in autism

    Ourania Semelidou, Mathilde Tortochot-Megne Fotso ... Andreas Frick
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Neuroscience

    Linear and categorical coding units in the mouse gustatory cortex drive population dynamics and behavior in taste decision-making

    Liam Lang, Camelia Yuejiao Zheng ... Alfredo Fontanini
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Neuroscience

    Computational mechanisms for temporal integration in the anterior claustrum

    Kuenbae Sohn, Donghyeon Yoon ... Sukwoo Choi
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Neuroscience

    Functional specialization of mPFC-BLA and mPFC-NAc pathways in affective state representation

    Chien-Hsien Lai, Gyeongah Park ... Jianyang Du
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
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Highlights

    1. Neuroscience

    Cilia reveal their secrets

    Ruth Anne Eatock, Marina Kabirova
    1. Neuroscience

    The sound of neural silence

    Nikki Tjahjono, Yu-Shun Wang, Lin Tian
    1. Neuroscience

    Testing 'next-word prediction'

    Richard J Antonello

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    University of Barcelona, Spain
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    The University of Texas at Austin Center for Learning and Memory, United States
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    University College London, United Kingdom
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